A little Halloween treat

 

I missed taking shots of Stephanie's kids but got a shot of Princess Noah in pink (and her school friend in blue), Fireman Graham and, in the shot below, raptor Eli. Hit about double the houses compared to last year as the kids are starting to get into it a bit more. The weather went from beautiful all fall to a bit of a chill yesterday for the first time this year. Lots of fun in the treating. 

Standing Guard

 

Was able to get up close and personal with a Bald Eagle on my last trip to Florida. Saw this as a silhouette with sunset happing behind the scene. Fun shot. 

London Eye

 

On our day trip around London, we did get the cloudy morning skies to break and give us a brief shot of nice blue skies. About a half hour before, we were briefly rained on but that went away quickly. The break in the clouds gave me a chance to get a nice shot of the London Eye. Never been up there. Maybe on another trip....

Echo's Turn

 

Echo showing off his soccer skills while on defense. 

Northern Lights from Naperville

 

For the second time in Naperville (and we have been here for over 25 years), I got to see the northern lights put on a display from my front stoop. It was just around 11:30pm and I started heading up to bed when I decided to step outside one last time to see if the reported display could be seen from my light polluted sky. After about 10 minutes of getting dark adapted, I started wondering if I was imaging splotches of red here and there in the sky. Took out the camera and I caught this one rather spectacular display, visual to the naked eye. The camera, with a 20 second shot, gets to see much more color than the naked eye can see but this vertical column was naked eye visible. So, quite fun to get to see this display.

If it continues into tonight, I might have to get my lazy self to a darker sky west of the city to see the display in darker light. We shall see!!!

Some Red on a London grey day

 

One must have a touch of color. London 2024. 

Big Ben and Westminster Palace

 

Just your classic tourist shot of the clock tower (Big Ben) and the Palace of Westminster, taken from the Thames River. Checking off a lot of names in that sentence.